Sunday, April 6, 2008

POPPIES!!!

Do you have poppies in you landscape? Which poppy is your favorite?
California Poppy

The California Poppy (annual/ tender perennial) comes in yellows, oranges, white, and even pink. It grows to about 12 inches tall on a small bushy plant with beautiful, dusty gray, feathery foliage. It is very drought tolerant but also will grow well with normal watering. it is propagated very easily from seed.

Oriental Poppy

The Oriental Poppy is a very beautiful perennial growing to about 15-24 inches tall with big blooms of reds, pinks, or purples. In this picture it is growing wild in front of a wild yellow rose in the "Poppy Fields"found in the mountains of Utah. Therefore you can tell it is also drought tolerant.

Shirley Poppy

Shirley poppy, mid summer blooming, between 24-36 inches tall, easily comes up from seed each spring. What do you think about the Shirley poppy?

2 comments:

KeltyGuy33 said...

Wes, we planted the poppies you sent us and they are up and doing great! We'll have to send some pics! Good Luck with the flowers!

Barbee' said...

What cheerful poppies. I especially enjoyed the cosmos, they are one of my favorite meadow flowers; and your iris are gorgeous!

Enjoyed my visit!